Quotes about past
past history certain
We can be almost certain of being wrong about the future, if we are wrong about the past. Gilbert K. Chesterton
past use knows
Few know the use of life before 'tis past. John Dryden
past hours pow
Not Heav'n itself upon the past has pow'r; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
past men conservative
I do not know which makes a man more conservative - to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past. John Maynard Keynes
past light together
The master-economist must possess a rare combination of gifts. He must reach a high standard in several different directions and must combine talents not often found together. He must be mathematician, historian, statesman, philosopher - in some degree. He must understand symbols and speak in words. He must contemplate the particular in terms of the general, and touch abstract and concrete in the same flight of thought. He must study the present in the light ofthe past for the purposes of the future
past perspective historical
I expressed skepticism, in the first chapter, about the utility of time machines in historical research. I especially advised against graduate students relying on them, because of the limited perspective you tend to get from being plunked down in some particular part of the past, and the danger of not getting back in time for your orals. John Lewis Gaddis
past today vote
I've said it in the past and I'll say it again today: the vote is precious; it's almost sacred. John Lewis
past men thinking
My dear fellow,' Burlingame said, 'we sit here on a blind rock careening through space; we are all of us rushing headlong to the grave. Think you the worms will care, when anon they make a meal of you, whether you spent your moment sighing wigless in your chamber, or sacked the golden towns of Montezuma? Lookee, the day's nigh spent; 'tis gone careening into time forever. Not a tale's length past we lined our bowels with dinner, and already they growl for more. We are dying men, Ebenezer: i'faith, there's time for naught but bold resolves! John Barth
past play important
As an actor, I only play what is in the moment, rather than in the future, but sometimes the past is more important than what is coming up in the future. John Barrowman
past thinking live-in-the-present
We think we're living in the present, but we're really living in the past. John Banville
past nostalgic ifs
I've never been nostalgic, personally or politically - if the past was so great, how come it's history? Julie Burchill
past judging people
I've learned a lot of things about myself through singing. I used to have a certain dislike of the audience, not as individual people, but as a giant body who was judging me. Of course, it wasn`t really them judging me. It was me judging me. Once I got past that fear, it freed me up, not just when I was performing but in other parts of my life. Julie Andrews
past pressure nervous
I don't feel like I ever really do get past the nervousness. I'm always nervous. Something about being nervous keeps you on the edge, and I've always felt like I worked better under pressure. Judith Hill
past breathing actors
When you get into the series, the progression is much different. You actually have breathing room and the chance to sit down with each actor, which was a part of our process, to talk to them about their pasts. Josh Gad
past limits changing-your-life
Nothing that doesn’t push you past your limits can change your life. It’s true of work, it’s true of parenting, and it’s true — a hundred times over — of love. Katherine Center
past pluralism-is islam
Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great prophets of the past. Karen Armstrong
past should circumstances
We should probably all pause to confront our past from time to time, because it changes its meaning as our circumstances alter.
past missing murmuring
Sometime we get so addicted to murmuring about the past and blaming the past for everything that we miss our whole future. You're not going to enjoy your future, and you're not going to enjoy your right now, if all you can do is be guilty and ashamed and afraid of your past. Joyce Meyer
past important our-past
It is not as important how we start (our past), but how we finish.
past people quality
It is amazing the quality of human beings that are in this world if we can just get past people not dressing the way we want them to dress.
past order office
Filing is concerned with the past; anything you actually need to see again has to do with the future. Katharine Whitehorn
past reality talking
Whenever someone asks me about fantasy versus realism, I'm like, "I don't know, guys. Did we not all just descend into some underworld, watch strangers from our past kaleidoscope through us according to some pattern that is both illogical and has its own strange melting truth, and then wake up and have a Pop-Tart?" Why are we talking about fantasy and reality like they're opposed? Karen Russell
past want superficial
As we get past our superficial material wants and instant gratification we connect to a deeper part of ourselves, as well as to others, and the universe. Judith Wright
past men joy
The mind of man is capable of anything--because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future. What was there after all? Joy, fear, sorrow, devotion, valor, rage--who can tell?--but truth--truth stripped of its cloak of time. Joseph Conrad
past impossible states
It's impossible to recreate music from the past. Music always states the truth. Kaskade
past animal feels
A part of me feels like I was an animal in my past life that wasn't treated very nicely. Leona Lewis
past people mind
I don't mind letting people in a little bit, but I have learned from the past not to talk too much about my relationships and to keep things as private as possible.
past somewhere-else cities
Some say that no one ever leaves Montreal, for that city, like Canada itself, is designed to preserve the past, a past that happened somewhere else. Leonard Cohen
past instant dies
Each time a friend dies, the present becomes the past, in an instant. Lauren Bacall
past looks realizing
You realize yourself when you start reflecting - because I don't live in the past, although your past is so much a part of what you are - that you can't ignore it. But I don't look at scrapbooks.
past legends
Legends are all to do with the past and nothing to do with the present.
past blood sorrow
The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow. Langston Hughes
past air deeds
The deeds we do, the words we say,Into still air they seem to fleet;We count them ever past;But they shall last -In the dread judgment theyAnd we shall meet. John Keble